Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
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Boys
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Horace		 0.14% +3 +1 +0.6%
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Lloyd		 0.14% +1 -8 -4.6%
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Warren		 0.14% +14 +19 +12.8%
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August		 0.14% -10 -42 -19.7%
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Milton		 0.14% +7 +6 +3.6%
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Philip		 0.15% -5 -13 -6.6%
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Leon		 0.16% -4 -12 -6.1%
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Alexander		 0.16% -11 -52 -21.9%
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Leroy		 0.16% +3 -6 -3.1%
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Isaac		 0.16% -6 -33 -14.9%
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Archie		 0.16% +6 +4 +2.1%
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Russell		 0.17% +25 +52 +35.6%
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Charley		 0.17% -11 -55 -21.7%
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Clifford		 0.17% +5 +8 +4.1%
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Ira		 0.17% -1 -15 -6.8%
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Jessie		 0.17% -8 -47 -18.5%
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Grover		 0.18% -39 -264 -55.7%
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Oliver		 0.18% +5 +4 +1.9%
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Lester		 0.18% +15 +24 +12.7%
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Bernard		 0.18% +6 +8 +3.9%
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Anthony		 0.18% +13 +26 +13.5%
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Allen		 0.19% -4 -38 -14.6%
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Hugh		 0.19% +1 -28 -11.1%
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Leonard		 0.19% +6 +4 +1.8%
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Bert		 0.19% -2 -51 -18.1%
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Theodore		 0.19% +5 -18 -7.2%
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Patrick		 0.20% +7 -9 -3.7%
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Homer		 0.21% +3 -1 -0.4%
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Ed		 0.23% -3 -31 -10.3%
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Luther		 0.23% +3 -5 -1.8%
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Guy		 0.23% +1 -26 -8.8%
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Chester		 0.23% +3 -14 -4.9%
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Harrison		 0.24% -16 -112 -28.0%
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Jacob		 0.25% -10 -58 -16.4%
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Edwin		 0.26% +3 +8 +2.7%
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Otto		 0.26% +1 -3 -1.0%
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Harvey		 0.26% -2 -23 -6.9%
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Floyd		 0.26% +4 +11 +3.6%
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Clyde		 0.27% -2 -26 -7.6%
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Edgar		 0.27% +5 +1 +0.3%
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Jack		 0.27% +4 -7 -2.1%
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Leo		 0.27% -2 -28 -7.9%
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Jim		 0.28% -2 -34 -9.4%
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Harold		 0.29% +12 +42 +14.1%
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Lawrence		 0.29% +5 -1 -0.3%
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Francis		 0.29% +2 -7 -2.0%
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Ray		 0.30% +9 +24 +7.3%
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Martin		 0.31% +1 -11 -2.9%
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Eugene		 0.31% +1 -29 -7.3%
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Michael		 0.32% -5 -89 -19.1%
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Tom		 0.32% -1 -37 -8.9%
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Claude		 0.32% +6 +12 +3.2%
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Herman		 0.34% +3 +2 +0.5%
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Lewis		 0.35% +3 +2 +0.5%
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Lee		 0.35% +2 -15 -3.5%
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Peter		 0.36% -4 -73 -14.7%
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Frederick		 0.38% -2 -45 -9.1%
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Ben		 0.38% +4 -10 -2.2%
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Alfred		 0.40% -4 -64 -11.9%
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Herbert		 0.40% +2 -13 -2.7%
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Sam		 0.41% -6 -121 -19.9%
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Ralph		 0.42% -3 -52 -9.5%
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Howard		 0.42% +2 -10 -1.9%
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Raymond		 0.43% +8 +42 +9.0%
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Daniel		 0.43% -1 -51 -9.0%
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Paul		 0.47% +3 +27 +5.1%
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Elmer		 0.47% +5 +30 +5.7%
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Andrew		 0.47% 0 -54 -8.8%
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Oscar		 0.48% -1 -75 -11.6%
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Jesse		 0.48% +1 -61 -9.6%
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Will		 0.53% -2 -76 -10.7%
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Charlie		 0.58% -7 -111 -13.9%
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Earl		 0.58% +1 +13 +1.9%
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Carl		 0.59% +2 +29 +4.3%
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Joe		 0.60% -2 -81 -10.3%
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Willie		 0.60% -1 -78 -9.9%
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Richard		 0.60% +2 -61 -7.9%
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Ernest		 0.62% +4 -30 -3.9%
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David		 0.64% -1 -44 -5.5%
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Benjamin		 0.64% +4 -21 -2.7%
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Samuel		 0.68% -2 -121 -13.0%
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Louis		 0.70% 0 -47 -5.3%
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Roy		 0.75% +2 +32 +3.7%
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Clarence		 0.83% 0 -38 -3.7%
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Albert		 1.14% 0 -216 -13.8%
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Fred		 1.31% 0 -111 -6.7%
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Arthur		 1.40% 0 -42 -2.5%
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Walter		 1.61% 0 -124 -6.1%
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Thomas		 1.88% 0 -216 -8.8%
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Henry		 1.92% -1 -310 -11.9%
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Edward		 1.93% +1 -171 -6.9%
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Robert		 2.11% -1 -301 -10.7%
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Harry		 2.15% +1 -200 -7.2%
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Joseph		 2.29% 0 -264 -8.8%
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Frank		 2.50% 0 -484 -14.0%
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Charles		 3.53% 0 -392 -8.5%
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George		 3.72% 0 -482 -9.8%
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James		 4.22% 0 -542 -9.7%
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William		 6.53% 0 -933 -10.7%
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John		 7.18% 0 -699 -7.6%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Nannie		 0.21% +3 +23 +6.2%
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Harriet		 0.21% 0 +8 +2.1%
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Mollie		 0.21% +4 +27 +7.2%
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Amanda		 0.22% 0 +9 +2.2%
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Gladys		 0.22% +21 +100 +31.8%
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Kathryn		 0.22% -2 -31 -7.0%
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Pauline		 0.22% +4 +22 +5.6%
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Emily		 0.23% -3 -28 -6.1%
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Maud		 0.23% -6 -37 -7.9%
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Georgia		 0.24% -7 -32 -6.7%
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Addie		 0.24% +1 -7 -1.5%
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Charlotte		 0.24% -1 -9 -1.9%
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Olive		 0.25% -1 -1 -0.2%
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Etta		 0.25% -5 -35 -7.0%
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Nancy		 0.25% -10 -112 -19.2%
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Willie		 0.26% -6 -34 -6.5%
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Caroline		 0.26% +5 +33 +7.2%
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Lydia		 0.26% +2 +24 +5.1%
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Beulah		 0.26% +14 +72 +16.9%
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Lottie		 0.26% 0 -13 -2.5%
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Katie		 0.27% 0 -14 -2.7%
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Flora		 0.27% -1 -25 -4.6%
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Ruby		 0.28% +16 +77 +17.3%
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Sallie		 0.28% -7 -108 -17.1%
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Viola		 0.28% -2 -60 -10.1%
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Esther		 0.29% +2 -19 -3.3%
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Lizzie		 0.30% +1 -23 -3.9%
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Daisy		 0.31% 0 -29 -4.7%
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Della		 0.32% -1 -15 -2.4%
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Susie		 0.32% 0 -14 -2.3%
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Nettie		 0.33% -3 -70 -10.1%
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Mildred		 0.33% +14 +126 +25.3%
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Ellen		 0.35% 0 -38 -5.5%
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Sadie		 0.35% +1 -27 -3.9%
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Rosa		 0.37% -5 -125 -15.0%
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Effie		 0.38% 0 -33 -4.4%
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May		 0.38% -1 -59 -7.5%
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Irene		 0.39% +3 +15 +2.1%
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Alma		 0.43% -4 -34 -4.0%
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Maggie		 0.44% -4 -57 -6.5%
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Nora		 0.44% +1 -1 -0.1%
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Dora		 0.47% -5 -16 -1.8%
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Mae		 0.47% +3 +47 +5.6%
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Mamie		 0.47% -4 -34 -3.7%
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Katherine		 0.47% 0 -4 -0.4%
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Stella		 0.47% +9 +116 +15.0%
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Lucy		 0.47% -3 -71 -7.4%
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Fannie		 0.48% -3 -82 -8.3%
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Blanche		 0.51% 0 +30 +3.2%
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Ada		 0.53% -5 -111 -9.9%
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Agnes		 0.55% -2 -13 -1.2%
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Josephine		 0.55% 0 +46 +4.6%
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Hazel		 0.56% +6 +158 +17.6%
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Lula		 0.56% -3 -106 -9.0%
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Ruth		 0.57% +13 +223 +26.2%
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Lena		 0.58% 0 -66 -5.7%
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Mattie		 0.62% -5 -95 -7.5%
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Jessie		 0.63% 0 -4 -0.3%
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Catherine		 0.63% 0 -14 -1.2%
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Elsie		 0.63% +6 +87 +7.8%
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Julia		 0.64% -2 -91 -7.0%
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Jennie		 0.66% -3 -46 -3.5%
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Louise		 0.68% -5 -51 -3.8%
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Lillie		 0.68% +4 +40 +3.2%
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Maude		 0.68% -4 -103 -7.4%
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Hattie		 0.70% +1 +30 +2.3%
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Frances		 0.71% -4 -101 -7.0%
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Myrtle		 0.72% +2 +51 +3.9%
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Cora		 0.72% -1 -68 -4.7%
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Eva		 0.73% +3 +43 +3.2%
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Marie		 0.76% +10 +178 +14.1%
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Edith		 0.81% 0 +70 +4.8%
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Gertrude		 0.82% 0 +75 +5.1%
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Carrie		 0.82% -3 -100 -6.1%
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Rose		 0.82% +1 -40 -2.5%
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Laura		 0.83% 0 -57 -3.5%
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Pearl		 0.84% +2 -3 -0.2%
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Lillian		 0.87% 0 -16 -1.0%
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Ella		 0.87% -4 -127 -7.2%
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Martha		 0.90% -2 -58 -3.3%
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Sarah		 0.91% 0 -25 -1.4%
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Nellie		 0.93% +2 +16 +0.9%
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Edna		 0.96% +4 +128 +7.6%
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Helen		 1.01% -1 +62 +3.4%
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Mabel		 1.03% +1 +117 +6.4%
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Grace		 1.08% 0 -41 -2.0%
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Ida		 1.12% -2 -107 -4.8%
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Annie		 1.12% +1 -65 -3.0%
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Alice		 1.13% +1 -57 -2.6%
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Bertha		 1.21% -4 -157 -6.4%
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Clara		 1.23% +1 +89 +4.0%
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Bessie		 1.24% +1 +65 +2.9%
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Ethel		 1.30% +1 +89 +3.7%
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Florence		 1.30% +1 +21 +0.9%
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Minnie		 1.39% 0 -30 -1.1%
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Emma		 1.52% -1 -203 -6.6%
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Margaret		 1.54% +1 +13 +0.4%
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Elizabeth		 1.62% 0 -166 -5.1%
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Anna		 2.68% 0 +80 +1.6%
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Mary		 6.16% 0 -106 -0.9%
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Popularity extremes for the United States